SECOND CLASS DIVER
MASL: P179606 CIN: A-433-0022 ECL: 80
Duration: 18 weeks - Offered 6 times per year
Prerequisite: Dive medical physical with special
duty abstract
Course provides training in surface supplied air
and SCUBA diving procedures to depths of 190 ft.
Instruction includes diving physics and medicine;
SCUBA diving and underwater searching; surface
supplied air diving and equipment operations and
procedures; underwater cutting and welding
operations; basic demolition operations;
underwater ship repair and salvage operations;
closed circuit diving operations.
ELIGIBILITY: Enlisted ratings.
FIRST CLASS DIVER
MASL: P179607 CIN: A-433-0025 ECL: 80
Duration: 13 weeks - Offered 6 times per year
Prerequisite: Dive medical physical with special
duty abstract
Course is designed to provide qualified divers
with instruction and training in surface supplied
air, mixed gas, SCUBA diving techniques,
inspection, search, salvage and underwater
procedures to safely and effectively perform as a
diving supervisor to depths of 300 ft.
ELIGIBILITY: Enlisted Ratings with completion of
Second Class Diver (MASL P179606) or
International Diver Course (MASL P179003).
DIVER EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL
MASL: P179190 CIN: A-431-0083 ECL: 80
Duration: 8 weeks - Offered 8 times per year
Prerequisite: Dive medical physical with special
duty abstract
Course provides training necessary to safely
perform as a dive team member for SCUBA and
closed circuit diving operations. Instruction
includes diving physics and medicine, SCUBA
operations, and closed circuit diving operations. A
critical component of the course is daily physical
training involving calisthenics, running and
swimming.
ELIBILITY: Officer and Enlisted ratings.
JOINT DIVING OFFICER MEDICAL DEPARTMENT DIVING OFFICER
MASL: P179605 CIN: A-4N-0200 ECL: 80
Duration: 18 weeks - Offered 3 times per year
Prerequisite: Dive medical physical with special
duty abstract
Course provides training for officers to perform as
a diver, dive team member, diving supervisor, and
Diving Officer to depths of 190 ft. Instruction
includes diving physics and medicine; SCUBA
operations; surface supplied air diving operations;
diving supervisor procedures; underwater cutting
and welding operations; underwater ship repair
and salvage operations; hydrographic survey, side
scan sonar, and remotely operated vehicle
operations; swift water diving operations.
ELIGIBILITY: Officers.
MARINE ENGINEERING STRAND
MASL: P122176 CIN: A-433-0044 ECL: 80
Duration: 6 weeks - Offered 1 time per year
Prerequisite: Dive medical physical with special
duty abstract
Course provides additional training that expands
upon core competencies and advanced marine
engineering training. Includes instruction in dive
supervision, demolition operations, facility
inspections, and small boat operations.
ELIGIBILITY: Officers with completion of Joint
Diving Officer (MASL P179605).
UNDERWATER CONSTRUCTION TECHNICIAN
BASIC
MASL: P122177 CIN: A-433-0036 ECL: 80
Duration: 24 weeks - Offered 2 times per year
Prerequisite: Dive medical physical with special
duty abstract
Course provides training necessary to safely and
effectively accomplish the mission of the
Underwater Construction Teams (UCTs) during
peacetime and contingency operations.
ELIGIBILITY: Enlisted ratings.
MASL: P175503 CIN: A-6A-0010 ECL: 80
Duration: 9 weeks - Offered 2 times per year
Prerequisite: Dive medical physical with special
duty abstract
Course provides medical officers with training in
diving and dive medicine. Instruction includes
hyperbaric medicine and physiology, SCUBA
operations, surface supplied air diving and
equipment, and familiarization of surface supplied
mixed gas and closed circuit diving operations. A
critical component of the course is daily physical
training involving calisthenics, running, and
swimming.
ELIGIBILITY: Medical Officer/Physician Assistants.
RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT OF
DIVING CASUALTIES
MASL: P175002 CIN: A-4N-0018 ECL: 80
Duration: 2 weeks - Offered 2 times per year
Prerequisite: Dive medical physical
Course provides medical officers with the training
to perform as a medical advisor for hyperbaric
treatments and to evaluate divers and diver
candidates prior to diving. Instruction includes
identifying diving diseases and injuries, initiating
appropriate treatment, performing appropriate
diving medical examinations, and performing as an
inside tender for hyperbaric chamber operations.
ELIGIBILTY: Medical Officer/Physician Assistants.
AMPHIBIOUS RECONNAISSANCE CORPSMAN
MASL: P175520 CIN: A-431-0076 ECL: 80
Duration: 6 weeks - Offered 6 times per year
Prerequisite: Dive medical physical with special
duty abstract
Course provides training in identifying diving
casualties and performing medical functions as a
recompression inside tender. Includes instruction
in diagnosis and treatment of diving disorders and
recompression chamber operations and
emergency procedures.
ELIGIBILTY: Enlisted diving medical personnel.
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US NAVAL DIVING AND SALVAGE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
TRAINING CENTER CONTACT:

Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center (NDSTC)

trains all military divers with the exception of U.S.
Naval Special Warfare (SEALs) and Special Forces.
The training includes Navy, Army, Air Force, Coast
Guard, and all Marine Corps Combatant Divers.
NDSTC also provides training for a limited number
of law enforcement, government agency
personnel, and partner nation
divers. NDSTC teaches
DIVING AND
Naval Education and Training Security
Assistance Field Activity (NETSAFA)
250 Dallas St., Suite B
Pensacola, FL 32508-5269
Program Manager: (850) 452-XXXX SALVAGE
Country/Region Mgr – See Ext. below
TRAINING
DSN: 459-XXXX – Fax: (850) 452-2953/8880
https://www.netsafa.navy.mil
http://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/ceneoddive/ndstc

CENTER
approximately 1,300
students per year,
with an average of
300 students in
training at any given
time, conducting
approximately 22,000
dives each year.

All students must pass the prerequisite physical

screening test as found in MILPERSMAN 1220-100
and 1220-410. This test will be administered the
second day of training. Physical examinations
forms DD 2808 and DD 2807-1 should be
forwarded to NDSTC Medical Department 45 days
before the class convening date for review. A point
of contact name should accompany each physical.
NDSTC Medical Dept fax number is +1-850-235-
5993 and the medical administrative email address
is NDSTC_PNMA_MEDICAL-ADMIN@navy.mil. PANAMA CITY
AFRICA Ext. 8816
NOTE: All international students must attend the ASIA & PACIFIC Ext. 8832 FLORIDA
NITC Dive Prep and Screening (MASL: PREPDIV) at CANADA Ext. 8846
NITC Pensacola, FL prior to all Navy dive courses. CARIBBEAN Ext. 8846
This prep course provides physical conditioning CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA Ext. 8846
and swim training to ensure students are able to EUROPE Ext. 8816 Jan 2017
successfully meet the rigorous physical demands
MIDDLE EAST Ext. 8846
of their follow-on training.